The regulations stipulate a maximum of eight players not trained in Mexico at the same time on the field, a situation that Tigres did not comply with when Thauvin entered for Hugo Ayala
tigers lined up nine players nor trained in Mexicosituation that means misalignment during the second leg of the Clausura 2022 semifinals against Atlas.
Prior to the start of the second half at the Universitario stadium, Miguel Herrera sent the field to Florian Thauvin replacing Hugo Ayala, at which time the felines played with nine elements not trained in Mexico, until the entrance of Juan Pablo Vigón by Soteldo.
“Within the 11 Main Players, there can only be up to 8 NFM Players (Not trained in Mexico)… The foregoing, with the aim of involving at least 3 FM Players (trained in Mexico) permanently, since otherwise it would imply misalignment and the Club involved would be subject to the imposition of sanctions.”, indicates the regulation of the Liga MX in article 48.
During 42 minutes of the match, tigers played with Nahuel Guzmán, Guido Pizarro, Igor Lichnovsky, Carioca, Yeferson Soteldo, André-Pierre Gignac, Carlos González, Luis Quiñones and Florian Thauvin.
Article 49 of the MX League adds that not complying with “the distribution of Players in accordance with the provisions of the article”, will be considered as misalignment and as punishment, the club is exposed to losing the match, awarding the opposing club the three points in dispute.
tigers He recovered from the initial goal by Julián Quiñones in the first half, to score the four goals he needed to advance to the final in the complementary part, but left Javier Aquino and Jesús Angulo on the field as the only players trained in Mexico.
It was not until the entry of Juan Pablo Vigón, at minute 87, that the cats returned to comply with at least three elements trained in Mexico in the field, with the departure of Jeferson Soteldo.
The regulation indicates that an ex officio investigation can be carried out or the affected club can request a review of the possible misalignmentwhich would give the red and blacks the victory in the desktop 2-0 and the three goals that André-Pierre Gignac scored during the match would be erased.
Minutes after the game ended, the MX League reported that given the situation of the improper alignment of tigers in the match against Atlas, The case will be referred to the Disciplinary Commission.
“La Liga BBVA informs that based on article 48 of the Competition Regulations for the 2021-2022 Season, which establishes the participation of Untrained Players during a match, the Disciplinary Commission will be referred to what happened in the semifinal of return of the Closing Tournament 2022 between tigers Y Atlas for analysis and resolution,” he reported in a statement.
The #LigaBBVAMX turns to the Disciplinary Commission possible improper alignment of Tigres in the Semifinal of Vuelta del #GritaMéxicoC22. pic.twitter.com/oOhIB9Ltav
– Liga BBVA MX (@LigaBBVAMX) May 22, 2022
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